I just posted this video in the ScratchBack admin “creation” page. Figured it should be posted here as well.

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We’re flying through the beta here and getting ready to send out March tip earnings. Wow, this is the biggest payout yet! You guys are sure earning the tips and making some cash.

Note: If you haven’t put in your PayPal address in the admin, do it now. You will not get paid unless that address is in place. Payments coming in a few days if you’ve earned over $25. Get ready!

We’ve just sent out a round of request for proposals to a bunch of PHP programmers for updates and enhancements for moving ScratchBack out of beta. We have our internal list of features we want done, but what about you?

What do you want to see ScratchBack roll out first? Smaller widgets and a customizable widgets designer tool is at the top of our list. Along with Paypal subscriptions and tracking features. We have more, but we want to hear from you.

Sound off! You just might get it.

Check out Don Chavez’s blog for a some really good opportunities to tip to a TON of exposure for only $5.00.

Last month, DonChavez.com had 248,077 visitors and 635,305 page views.

Whenever a ScratchBack user tells us about them using the system, we always like to head over and tip them. Especially if they write a blog post about us. Hint.. cough, hint…

Visit http://www.shankrila.com/ for a really good deal on a tip. It’s only $2 for a tip, and they claim to have 20k+ monthly visitors and 400 or so RSS subscribers. It’s like a tech blog with a “life” twist.

ShanKri-la is a humble attempt to disperse information about technology that can make our lives a little bit easier, a little bit enjoyable and a little bit more manageable. We live in a world where our daily lives are a blur. Monday starts with a dizzying speed and before we realize it’s the weekend and you take a moment’s break and Monday is looming at you again even before you woke up from that Sunday night’s sleep that you were yearning for all week!

You like tech blogs? Check it out then. http://techie-buzz.com/ is running the ScratchBack widget for a tip of only $5.00. Great deal, for a great blog on technology.

My aim at blogging is to spread the news about the latest technology and keep it as simple as it gets, I get some chances to review beta and alpha softwares, I tend to give information to the users about how they can use those and what are the good and bad features.

If you’re using the ScratchBack widget and you’d like to see your blog featured here. Just drop us a note!

Sphinn this story please?

Well, the cat is out of the bag. We hinted the other day that a big blog network was adopting ScratchBack. We can say it now, it’s Splashpress Media. Check out the announcement here on David’s blog (he runs their marketing).

One of the advertising systems I have enjoyed here on this blog is Scratchback. It is a system that allows readers to tip the blogger and show their link on the blog. The great thing about the system is that links are done using JavaScript which means they shouldn’t create any issues with Google like other text link systems. The other great thing is that the blogger sets the price and time.

I have used the system on this blog for a while, selling ten dollar links, but Splashpress’ prices are insane. If you want to get links on The Blog Herald, Blogging Pro or other blogs in the Splashpress Media family, here is your chance.

So head on over to some of their blogs and enjoy a super low-cost way to advertise on their huge traffic. I believe most of the widgets they put up are set to only a $5.00 tip.

Here’s a few blogs that have it going already. Go tip!

http://www.blogherald.com
http://www.bloggingpro.com
http://www.blogsearchengine.com/
http://www.901am.com/
http://www.gadzooki.com/

We’re not going to say who it is just yet, but we wanted to announce that a blog network has begun testing of the ScratchBack system across their blogs. The widgets we made for them are custom designed to match each blogs’ color. We’re pretty excited about it.

Hopefully we’ll get permission from the network to talk about it down the road when we have more data. Till then, keep your eyes out for widgets in new places you may not have seen them before. We’re taking the online tipping space by storm!

Right now the minimum you can setup a SB widget at is a $1.00 tip. We set it up this way to lower the barrier of entry for people with lower traffic blogs. The idea was that their readers would be able to participate for a low cost.

What we have found during the beta is that less than 50% of the people using the widget have their tips set at less than $5.00. So when we look at that data, we wonder if it wouldn’t be best to simply make the minimum tip to $5.00 for everyone. What do you think? Sound off.

Note: Our studies have shown that the people who price at $5.00 and above receive the most tips out of anyone. Why? Well, we believe it’s the psychology of the matter. If a tip “costs” more, it must be worth more?

Consider that when pricing your widgets, and let us know about your thoughts on the minimum?

Last thing. The PayPal cut on $1.00 really stinks. On $5.00 it is much more reasonable. So actually, having a higher tip amount means you pay less to PayPal.